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by iseethroughbs 1811 days ago
This pretend money is currently the main driving mechanism behind the unprecedented business hacking and ransomware wave.
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And for things like paying for ddos attacks and money laundering in general. Ah yes, and the classic all things dark web. There is not one use case except speculation for people who are not amongst the non law abiding elements of society.
There's always speculation. But yeah, definitely nothing else.
I prefer to look at it as crypto is exposing a market that wasn’t visible - companies need to invest in their security and 3rd party software needs to be better vetted.